Jon Olsson
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| Home Mountain | Åre Åre (ski area) Åre is an alpine ski area in Sweden, founded in 1909. It is located in Åre Municipality, Jämtland, just outside and above the village of Åre, approximately 80 km from the city of Östersund. The ski lift system is on the Åreskutan mountain, at an elevation of 1420 meters ; its absolute summit... , Sweden |
D.O.B | August 17, 1982 | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 | |||
| Weight | 165 lbs. | |||
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| Discipline | Freestyle Freeskiing Freeskiing or Newschool skiing involves tricks, jumps, and terrain park features, such as rails, boxes, jibs, or other obstacles. This form of skiing resulted from a combination of the growth in popularity of snowboarding as well as the progression of Freestyle skiing... / Alpine Alpine The term alpine refers to the Alps, a European mountain range.Alpine may also refer to:- Geography and geology :* Alpine tundra, the biological community that occurs above the tree line at high altitude... |
Jon Olsson born in Mora, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
is a professional freeskier
Freeskiing
Freeskiing or Newschool skiing involves tricks, jumps, and terrain park features, such as rails, boxes, jibs, or other obstacles. This form of skiing resulted from a combination of the growth in popularity of snowboarding as well as the progression of Freestyle skiing...
and alpine ski racer
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...
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Olsson is known for his invention of several new double flips, including a D-spin 720 into a flatspin 540 (DJ Flip), a switch double rodeo 1080 (Hexo Flip), a double flatspin 900 (Kangaroo Flip), and a switch cork 720 to flatspin 540 (The Tornado).
Olsson made his debut in the Alpine Skiing World Cup
Alpine skiing World Cup
The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France and the USA...
in Val d'Isère
Val d'Isère
Val d'Isère is a commune of the Tarentaise Valley, in the Savoie department in south-eastern France. It lies from the border with Italy. It is on the border of the Vanoise National Park created in 1963. The Face de Bellevarde was the scene of the men's downhill race as part of the 1992 Winter...
in December 2010, as part of a plan to make the Swedish alpine ski team at the 2014 Winter Olympics
2014 Winter Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic Winter Games, or the 22nd Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event scheduled to be celebrated from 7 to 23 February 2014, in Sochi, Russia with some events held in the resort town of Krasnaya Polyana. Both the Olympic and...
. Hans Olsson
Hans Olsson (alpine skier)
Hans Olsson is a Swedish alpine skier. He represented Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Hans came 12th in downhill at the Olympic Games. Olsson specialises in the speed disciplines of Super G and particularly downhill...
, a Swedish alpine skiier specialising in the speed events, is Jon Olsson's brother
Competitions
Olsson holds nine Winter X-Games medals. He has also won many other events including Big Air at Winter X-Games 08, The US Free Skiing Open in VailVail, Colorado
The Town of Vail is a Home Rule Municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The population of the town was 4,589 in 2005. The town was established and built as the base village to Vail Ski Resort, with which it was originally conceived...
, The Red Bull Big Air in Åre, Scandinavian Big Mountain Championships in Riksgränsen
Riksgränsen
Riksgränsen, The National Border in Swedish, is a ski-resort in Kiruna Municipality, Lappland, Sweden, 200 km north of the Arctic Circle. The skiing season is from February to June...
and the World Superpipe Championships in Whistler BC
Whistler-Blackcomb
Whistler Blackcomb is a major ski resort located 125 km north of Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada. By many measures it is the largest ski resort in North America; it is 50% larger than its nearest competitor in terms of size, has the greatest uphill lift capacity, and until 2009, had...
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Since Olsson's return to alpine ski racing in 2008 while training with coach, Guenther Birgmann at the Treble Cone Race Academy, he has won five FIS gs ski racers, with a 10 point fis result at Coronet Peak at the New Zealand National Championships which included a field of Olympians including Ben Griffin and Olivier Jenot.
You can follow his competitions on his blog at: http://www.jon-olsson.com/
Jon Olsson Super Sessions
Since 2008, Jon Olsson has hosted Jon Olsson Super Sessions, also known as JOSS. JOSS is a freeskiing film contest that takes place in ÅreÅre
Åre is a locality and one of the leading Scandinavian ski resorts situated in Åre Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 1,260 inhabitants in 2005. It is however, not the seat of the municipality, which is Järpen. 25% of the municipal industry is based on tourism, most notably the downhill...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. The event consists of teams of skiers skiing for approximately two weeks with a film crew and creating a short ski film.
JOSS did not take place in 2011.
Results
- 2011 1st Clash of the Nations, Big Air, Sweden
- 2010 5th King of Style, Big Air, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2010 8th Budapest Fridge Festival, Budapest, Hun
- 2010 2nd Relentless Freeze Festival, London
- 2010 10th Freestyle.ch,Big Air, Zurich,SUI
- 2009 5th JOSS Team Sweden
- 2009 2nd x-Games, Big Air, Aspen,USA
- 2008 3rd X-Games, Slopestyle, Aspen, USA
- 2008 1st X-Games, Big Air, Aspen, USA
- 2007 1st Icer Air, Big Air, San Francisco, USA
- 2007 1st Ski and Snowboard Festival, Big Air, Whistler, Canada
- 2007 1st US Freeskiing Open, Slope Style, Copper Mountain, USA
- 2006 1st Jon Olsson Invitational, Big Air, Åre, Sweden
- 2006 1st Ski and Snowboard Festival, Big Air, Whistler, Canada
- 2005 1st World Superpipe Champion, Park City, USA
- 2005 4th Jon Olsson Invitational, Big Air, Åre, Sweden
- 2005 3rd X-Games, Superpipe, Aspen, USA
- 2005 3rd X-Games, Slopestyle, Aspen, USA
- 2005 3rd US Freeskiing Open, Slopestyle, Vail, USA
- 2005 5th US Freeskiing Open, Big Air, Vail, USA
- 2004 2nd Rip Curl, Slopestyle, Saas Fee, Switzerland
- 2004 3rd Rip Curl, Halfpipe, Saas Fee, France
- 2004 1st Scandinavian Championships, Big Mountain, Riksgränsen, Sweden
- 2004 1st Nokia Totally Board, Big Air, Greece
- 2004 1st Ski and Snowboard Festival, Big Air, Whistler, Canada
- 2004 3rd US Freeskiing Open, Big Air, Vail, USA
- 2004 2nd X-Games, Superpipe, Aspen, USA
- 2004 3rd X-Games, Slopestyle, Aspen, USA
- 2003 2nd Cape TownTotally Board, Nokia, Big Air
- 2003 1st Rip Curl, Total, Saas Fee, Switzerland
- 2003 1st Rip Curl, Big Air, Saas Fee, Switzerland
- 2003 3rd Rip Curl, Halfpipe, Saas Fee, Switzerland
- 2003 2nd Rip Curl, Slopestyle, Saas Fee, Switzerland
- 2003 1st Air we go, Big Air, Oslo, Norway
- 2003 2nd King of the Globe, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2003 2nd Freestyle.ch, Zürich, Switzerland
- 2003 1st Ski and Snowboard Festival, Big Air, Whistler, Canada
- 2003 1st Ski and Rock, Slopestyle, Sälen, Sweden
- 2003 1st Red Bull Big Air, Åre, Sweden
- 2003 2nd US Freeskiing Open, Slopestyle, Vail, USA
- 2003 4th US Freeskiing Open, Superpipe, Vail, USA
- 2003 3rd X-Games, Superpipe, Aspen, USA
- 2003 3rd X-Games, Slopestyle, Aspen, USA
- Jon Olsson currently holds the record for most 3rd place podiums in any ski related sport*